Chances RD at these Schools??

<p>Chances RD @</p>

<p>Stanford (uses UC GPA)
Columbia
Harvard
Princeton (uses UC GPA)
UC Berkeley (uses UC GPA)
Cornell
U Chicago
U Penn
Yale
Brown</p>

<p>The rowing coaches at all schools have put in a "good word" with the admissions department...</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.1
Unweighted: 3.71
UC GPA (10 & 11): 4.41
Class Rank: N/A (CA Private School)</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT I: 2200
SAT II: Math IIC: 720 US History: 740</p>

<p>APs-
World History: 4
Psychology: 4
US History: 4</p>

<p>Junior Courses:
Honors American Literature A/A
Honors American History A/A
Honors Algebra II/Trig A/A
Honors Chemistry A/A</p>

<p>Junior Classes @ Santa Barbara City College
Spanish 102: A
Beginner Tennis: A</p>

<p>Summer Classes @ Santa Barbara City College
Math 104 (Pre-calc): A
Spanish 103: A</p>

<p>Senior Courses:
Honors English Literature: A/
Honors Physics: A/</p>

<p>Senior Classes @ Santa Barbara City College:
Intermediate Tennis
College Succes 102</p>

<p>Awards:
Congressional Bronze Certificate
Congressional Silver Certificate
Congressional Gold Certificate
Congressional Bronze Medal
Congressional Silver Medal
(Highest Awards congress can issue to America's youth)
Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Bronze, Silver, and Gold)</p>

<p>Clubs, etc.:
President and Founder: ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization) (<a href="http://www.eco.htmlplanet.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.eco.htmlplanet.com&lt;/a> = club website)
President: Junior Statesmen of America
Member: American Red Cross Club
Captain: Ojai Indoor Rowing Team</p>

<p>Sports, ECs:
Junior Varsity Basketball (9-10)
Rowing (4 Years)
Ojai Eagles Football (2 Years)
Creator: <a href="http://www.eco.htmlplanet.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.eco.htmlplanet.com&lt;/a>
Head: Peer Tutoring Program
Mock Trial</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Nordhoff High School (9-11) 250+ Hours
Academic Tutoring (9-12), 2 hours per school week
Global Resource Alliance (Goes to Tanzania to bring power, medicine to villagers)
Total Hours: 400+ Hours</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Westridge Market 100+ Hours
Jersey Mikes Subs (Chef) 100+ Hours
Photon Films 300+ Hours</p>

<p>evan93023:</p>

<p>UCB: Match</p>

<p>All the Ivies (except maybe Cornell), UChicago and Stanford are big reaches. Berkeley is a match. If you feel the need to apply to an Ivy or any of the other big name schools on the off chance they might accept you, apply to one - it'd be a waste to apply to more - and be prepared to be rejected. Your best bet is to apply to schools that are good (your grades, SATs, and ECs are good after all), but somewhat less selective. Take a look at schools like Pomona, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna and USC in CA and schools like Carnegie Mellon, Tufts, Carleton, Emory, Colgate, Vanderbilt, and William and Mary elsewhere.</p>

<p>i'm not sure what amptron is talking about... go for it.
i mean, maybe take off a few applications... do you really need harvard, yale, brown, columbia, princeton, and cornell?</p>

<p>but still, with your ECs, grades, and scores, you have as good a shot as any.</p>

<p>Sorry, but I do know what I'm talking about. Does evan have a shot at an Ivy? At Stanford? At U Chicago? Sure. A very long shot. Virtually all the kids that apply to these schools have SATs and grades as good or better, and good if not astonishing ECs. Yet between 80% and 90% of the kids that apply are rejected (except at U Chicago, but that's a different story). Based on that stat alone, evan's chances are slim, not zero, mind you, but slim. Who knows, the rowing might get him in. </p>

<p>But, what I am suggesting is a practical approach. Want to apply to an Ivy? Have SATs above the 25th percentile for that school? Have an average of, say 3.75 or above? Rank high in your class? Then give it a shot, but be prepared to be rejected, and make sure you apply to other good schools that are less selective that you are more likely to get into.</p>

<p>I am also be slightly recruited for rowing, at Stanford, Harvard, and Yale. I did not apply ED, so I could not commit to one coach. I mentioned this at the top of my first post. All coaches are talking to the admissions department. I think this moves my chances above "slim", but I dont know.</p>

<p>what is a UC GPA?</p>

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Sorry, but I do know what I'm talking about. Does evan have a shot at an Ivy? At Stanford? At U Chicago? Sure. A very long shot. Virtually all the kids that apply to these schools have SATs and grades as good or better, and good if not astonishing ECs. Yet between 80% and 90% of the kids that apply are rejected (except at U Chicago, but that's a different story). Based on that stat alone, evan's chances are slim, not zero, mind you, but slim. Who knows, the rowing might get him in. </p>

<p>But, what I am suggesting is a practical approach. Want to apply to an Ivy? Have SATs above the 25th percentile for that school? Have an average of, say 3.75 or above? Rank high in your class? Then give it a shot, but be prepared to be rejected, and make sure you apply to other good schools that are less selective that you are more likely to get into.

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<p>Woah, way to get defensive. His scores, GPA, and ECs are all fine. And he's maybe a recruit. He has as good a shot as any non Intel Finalist.</p>

<p>doesn't anyone else here think evan's EC's are average to below average for HYPS' tastes? i mean, sure ECO is good, but its not THAT impressive. no other EC's stand out to me in anyway either. maybe i'm just a harsh rater?</p>

<p>UC GPA is 10th and 11th grade. not freshman year. Stanford, the Uc's and Princeton, and a few others use this method.</p>

<p>I also have other ec's... from my movie work.</p>

<p>Film Experience: (In order by Date):</p>

<p>Actor: The Color of Evening (1994)
Actor: The Nowhere Man (1995)
“Gopher”: Six Days, Seven Nights (Harrison Ford)
Aerial Unit "Gopher": X-Files (Fox TV)
Production Assistant: Just Another Pilot (Harrison Ford, 2002)
Aerial Unit Assistant: Spanglish (Adam Sandler)
Director/Producer: Wilderness Dreams (2005-2006 Pre-Production)</p>

<p>No SonotaX, not defensive. Pragmatic. Evan's chances are as good as any kid who has, for the HYPSM etc., just average stats and ECs - a 1 out of 10 to 2 out of 10 chance. Given that, he should apply to other good, but not as selective schools also. He needs matches and safeties. If he puts all his eggs in the HYPSM basket, he's putting himself at high risk of ending up nowhere.</p>

<p>you wont get into any ivies. you re applying to all of them which is dumb. they dont like that. you should have only applied to cornell instead of all 7. that is the only one you have any remote chance with</p>

<p>how do you know I wont get into any ivies??</p>

<p>I didn't apply to all of them either. I didn't apply to Dartmouth. I am also being recruited to Berkeley, Harvard, and Yale for rowing, but I didn't commit to any of the schools.</p>

<p>apply to every single college that you mentioned. no one on these boards, including me, knows exactly how admissions work at top colleges. They are often VERY inconsistent with who they accept, and some no name on collegeconfidential who tells you probably wont get in, HA... hes a clown</p>

<p>yes, thats what I said!</p>